bjaiken Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 Or get given free tickets ;) :sneaky: Yeah, it's always better when it's free. That's the price that is always right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldplay_is_louve. Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 That's true. But being there is just about the amazing live music to me, not so much how close I am. So, as long as I can hear them, I'm good. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMagpie Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 ^ I agree. I prefer reserved seating as well. But for u2, decent reserved seating costs a fortune. And with it being a stadium tour, they look like ants unless you drop the big bucks and get the prime reserved seats. On the vertigo tour, I bought cheap uppers and was completely happy. But that was an arena, not a stadium. My seat was around $100. 20 rows up, it was behind the stage. But with the setup they have it didn't really matter that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldplay_is_louve. Posted November 1, 2009 Share Posted November 1, 2009 I wonder when they'll announce when the tickets go on sale. :thinking: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm-Edge Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Mayer hasn't filled the void, its just let me focus on an exciting concert rather then the disappointment of 360. I may fly out to Toronto and Montreal to see 360. Then to spite all you haters of me I will fly to see Giants stadium. With all that airfare costing less then the tickets. Oh how I love working at an airline, or having family who does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck kottke Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Quite a schedule - when do they rest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMagpie Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 See you in Montreal maybe? Maybe a summers night in Montreal will be a better experience :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarMonkey Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I just thought I would add that the major benefit of the pre-sale is securing GA tickets, which are the best and practically cheapest tickets in the house. However, if you miss out on GA, you will still get the next best available, which hover around the $250 range. For me, it's GA or bust because I am not dropping $250 to sit in the bleachers of a stadium show. Also, even if you get GA, you are stuck spending the entire day in line. In Los Angeles, fans were lining up in great numbers the night before. I love U2 but going to their shows is the biggest headache for me. ^ this! kinda makes me wish at times that either i was born a decade or so earlier so i'd have gotten to see U2 before they got as big as they are now or just wishing that they weren't (arguably?) the biggest bands in the world. :P actually, in my case, wanting to go to a U2 show is already a headache. i've heard that the reason they don't ever tour in Asia besides Japan (i can't really recall if they've ever done a show in Taiwan or Hong Kong...the only other possible Asian countries western artistes regularly tour) is because most Asian promoters can afford the cost of bringing U2 to their country. of course, this is just what i've heard...but i think there is some truth to it. :thinking: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm-Edge Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 See you in Montreal maybe? Maybe a summers night in Montreal will be a better experience :P I would have loved to see Coldplay in Montreal. Coldplay absolutely love playing in Canada and it shows. As well as the land down under. I can believe Japanese promoters cant afford U2. I would think that Hong Kong and Bejing could front the cash though. U2 in the Birdsnest would be kinda cool. I have to admit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMagpie Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I would have loved to see Coldplay in Montreal. Coldplay absolutely love playing in Canada and it shows. As well as the land down under. I can believe Japanese promoters cant afford U2. I would think that Hong Kong and Bejing could front the cash though. U2 in the Birdsnest would be kinda cool. I have to admit. Yeah, I had a friend see them at Osheaga this year. She loved it. I would have loved to go, but working at camp the last few summers has limited my concert-ability. I wish they would come to Halifax again and do more than one song at an awards show that features BEP and Nickelback :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm-Edge Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Hahaha one song defiantly sucks. Coldplay is only going to get bigger, but I have some of the same complaints about Viva La Vida Tour as I do 360. They both need to break these set-list constraints. The only reason I dont hold it against Coldplay as much is they have 4 albums, not 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarMonkey Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I would have loved to see Coldplay in Montreal. Coldplay absolutely love playing in Canada and it shows. As well as the land down under. I can believe Japanese promoters cant afford U2. I would think that Hong Kong and Bejing could front the cash though. U2 in the Birdsnest would be kinda cool. I have to admit. yeah, but the thing with China, they don't like artistes who have ever had any involvement with anything against the way they do things. they did ban Oasis cos Noel happened to have once taken part or performed at an event that had some anti-China tone to it. & Bono is quite the prominent campaigner of a few causes...i would not be surprised if he's stepped on their sensitive toes already at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMagpie Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Hahaha one song defiantly sucks. Coldplay is only going to get bigger, but I have some of the same complaints about Viva La Vida Tour as I do 360. They both need to break these set-list constraints. The only reason I dont hold it against Coldplay as much is they have 4 albums, not 14. Yeah. That has been my biggest complaint about the Viva tour. Especially pretty much no Parachutes stuff? Come on! With U2, its weird because previous tours they definitely shuffled things up more night to night, and they played alot more songs from their catalogue. I'm not sure why they're playing it so close to a standard setlist this tour. Now I enjoy the setlist because a good chunk of the songs I didn't see at the Vertigo show I went to in 2005. But I'm really hoping that for the 2010 leg they switch it up some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm-Edge Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I do think VLV did grow over time, but it became to tight and they got to comfortable. Which is exactly what U2 are doing. I hope Coldplay shuffle things up greatly next tour! I still loved the shows I went to, being 4th row does that though :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjaiken Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Mayer hasn't filled the void, its just let me focus on an exciting concert rather then the disappointment of 360. I may fly out to Toronto and Montreal to see 360. Then to spite all you haters of me I will fly to see Giants stadium. With all that airfare costing less then the tickets. Oh how I love working at an airline, or having family who does. I'm not a hater, I just don't get you. Why would you go see 3 more shows of a tour you complained about for the last 3 or 4 days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfit00 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Some learn the hard way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaths_friend Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 read the most bizarre thing on the wembley stadium website. we all know that every show on this 360 tour has been sold out (or so they claim) but on this site it says that on the first night at wembley U2 had 86 000 in the crowd and then the next night it was only 77 000. how does that work? where did the 9000 places go? also surprised that 86 000 is the biggest music crowd in the stadium's history. if wembley was in south america they could easily stuff in 100 000+ haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMagpie Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Pitchfork loves to bash U2, yet they seem to like their re-issues giving the Unforgettable Fire a 9.3 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jg729 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Heyyyy it's my old U2 thread I started years ago! haha Got my tickets for July 3rd today...........Better be worth the hard-earned 224.99 I paid for 'em....... Anybody here seen'em on the 360 tour?..Worth the price of admission? I've heard good things.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjaiken Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Pitchfork loves to bash U2, yet they seem to like their re-issues giving the Unforgettable Fire a 9.3 today. Is that the cd only or the set as a whole? I just bought the re-mastered cd, and like the other u2 re-masters, I have a hard time finding any marked improvement in audio quality. Maybe it's just me, and my hearing is blown from too much loud music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldplay_is_louve. Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I wonder who'll open. Hopefully it's someone as amazing as Snow Patrol. :cheesy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMagpie Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Is that the cd only or the set as a whole? I just bought the re-mastered cd, and like the other u2 re-masters, I have a hard time finding any marked improvement in audio quality. Maybe it's just me, and my hearing is blown from too much loud music. I'm not sure. I kind of just skimmed the review, I was looking for something on the remastered aspect of it, but there is nothing to be found on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancyk58 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I was on VGANews.TV to find news about the Philippines and found this article there (under Entertainment): MTV Europe Awards to celebrate fall of Berlin wall 11/02/2009 | 07:05 PM - GMAnews.TV (with mostly Philippine / Filipino news, but also some international news) BERLIN – This time it's Berlin calling. The MTV European Music Awards (EMAs) are coming to the German capital with an international cast, featuring performances by U2, the Foo Fighters, Shakira and Leona Lewis. BERLIN is the only city to host the awards show TWICE, in 1994 and on Thursday — a decision MTV said it made to celebrate the 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL on NOV. 9. "This year's EMAs is unique in having the THEME OF UNITY in addition to what we normally do — celebrating and playing the music," MTV International's CEO Bill Roedy told The Associated Press in an interview. LEGENDARY IRISH BAND U2 WILL PLAY A SHORT SET IN FRONT OF THE BRANDENBURG GATE BEFORE THE AWARDS SHOW is held at the O2 World stadium. Tickets to U2's performance were given away free online and were snapped up within hours. U2's CONCERT is not only A HISTORICAL NOD TO THE SIGNIFICANCE TO THE BRANDENBURG GATE — which lies on the line that formerly divided East and West Berlin — but ALSO A REFLECTION OF THE BAND's HISTORY. THEIR SEVENTH ALBUM, 'ACHTUNG BABY' WAS RECORDED IN BERLIN IN 1990 and their single 'ONE' WAS INSPIRED BY THE FALL OF THE WALL and WRITTEN ON THE EVE OF GERMAN REUNIFICATION. The EMAs feature 13 award categories with nominees from Europe, North and South America. Traditionally, many awards go to American artists who are also popular in Europe. Last year's EMAs were held in Liverpool, with Americans Britney Spears, Kanye West and Pink all taking home awards. There is also a Best European Band that went last year to Turkey's Emre Adym. This year's nominees include newcomers like pop-act Lady Gaga and the English electro-pop duo La Roux, along with established acts like Green Day, Shakira and Jay-Z. Vying for Best European Act are Finnish rock group Deep Insight and Italy's Lost, who beat out the Jonas Brothers this year to win the 2009 TRL Best Band award. Music from the Western world was embraced by youth in East Germany before and after the fall of the wall. "Everything that looked like a lively and vivacious culture was loved by East German youth because they felt a great yearning," Frithjof Hager, a sociologist at the Free University in Berlin, told the AP. "They wanted to get out of the cruel, gray unhappiness of their country and experience the new and beautiful." The fall of the wall had major impact on Berlin's creative scene, its mayor says. "With the fall of the wall, Western energy and the creative and artistic impulses of the music scene in Berlin were set free," Klaus Wowereit told the AP. - AP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolarMonkey Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Is that the cd only or the set as a whole? I just bought the re-mastered cd, and like the other u2 re-masters, I have a hard time finding any marked improvement in audio quality. Maybe it's just me, and my hearing is blown from too much loud music. i think the re-mastered CDs are more for newer/younger fans to have a chance at getting hold of the older U2 albums, especially those from the 80s. ;) those are rather hard to find in the days before all these re-issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deaths_friend Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Pitchfork loves to bash U2, yet they seem to like their re-issues giving the Unforgettable Fire a 9.3 today. They gave under a blood red sky a 9.0/10. which is a very good score. but then again thats the lowest mark they could of have given it without losing all integrity. Boy - 8.3 October - 7.1 War - 8.9 Unforgettable Fire - 9.3 The Joshua Tree - 8.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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